1 34 MERRILL. 



:].D to 4 cm loiii!'. the ]R'(lunck'S :\ to 1 ciii loiii;-, densely |)u))eseent. Sepals 

 glabrous, obloiig-obovate, obtuse, about 3.5 cm long, 1.4 cm wide. Petals 

 usually 9, similar to tlie sepals, tbe inner gradually smaller, glabrous, 

 the innermost ones subspatulate. Stamens iiidcdnite. curved, 10 to 13 

 mm long. Caipels many, densely fulvous-pubescent. Mature fruit 

 ohloiig-ovoid, 4.5 to tJ cm long, the carpels about 1 cm long, rounded, 

 not apiculate, slightly pubescent, the seeds about (i mm long. 



Mindanao, Lake Laiuio, Cam]) Keithhn. 1/r.v. Clemens (JSli, SeptemlKn-Octohor, 

 1 !)()(), and witliout numbers, March, ]\Iay. .Iiiiic, and Sejjtemher, 1907. 



A characteristic species recognizable by its pubescence and its obtuse carpels. 



ANONACE.5^. 



OXYMITRA lUume. 



Oxymitra longiflora .Merrill sp. nuv. 



Foliis oldongo-obovatis vel elliptico-ol)ovatis, a])ice obtusis, Itasi leviter 

 cordatis, subtus plus minus castaneo-pubescentilms, nei'vis utrimpie ca. 

 16; floribus axillaribus, solitariis, usque ad 7 cm longis. 



Scandent, the branches terete, lenticellate, dark-l)ro\vn and juore or 

 less dark-l)i-o\vn-pubescent, llie ultimate l)ranchlets, petioles, i)edicels and 

 nerves on the under surface of the leaves densely so. Leaves oblong- 

 oljovate to elliptical-obovate, 18 to 20 cm long, 7 to 11 cm wide above the 

 middle, the apex bi'oad, rounded or obtuse or subtruncate, somewliat iiai'- 

 i-owed below the middle to the slightly cordate base, subcoriaceous, shin- 

 ing and glabrous al)Ove except the somewhat ])ul)escent midi'ib and nerves, 

 beneath glaucous, the midrili nerves aiul reticulations densely dark- 

 Ijrown-pubescent ; nerves about IG on each side of the midrib, very prom- 

 inent, parallel, tbe reticulations distinct, jiarallel. Flowers axillary, 

 solitary, the pedicels stout, 0.5 to 3 cm long, witli an oblong-ovate acu- 

 minate bracteole at the lower one-third. Se])als ;>, ovate, acute or acumi- 

 nate, 1 cm long, <S mm wide, densely pubescent on both suifaces. ()uter 

 petals lanceolate oi- linear-lanceolate, 7 cm long, 11 uini wide at the base, 

 gradually narrowed upwai-ds, the midi'il) |)romin4'nt, |tul)eseenl outside, 

 glabrous within and slightly eoJicave at the hast'; inner three petals 

 oblong-ovate, sharply aeuminato, fleshy, coriaceous, glabi'ous. !i to 1(> mm 

 long, 5 to Ci nun wide. Slaniciis numerous, "i."? mm long, the coniiecl i\ cs 

 ol)li(pie, o\erlapping. Cai-prls niunerous, ahout 1..') mm long, densely 

 villous, the glabrous styles thickened upward, llie stigma srn:litly \illous: 

 ovides 1. I''i'uit olilong-ellipsoid, somcwhal puhcscent, aeule, 1 em long 

 or less. 



.MlM)AN.\(t, Lake l.aiiao. ('aiiiii Keiliilev. \lis. Clriiiiiis s. n.. .lune, IHOT. in 

 Mower and no. liS'.i. Seplciidier. I'.KMi, ill triiil. 



